Re: Two questions about Esperanto
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 9, 2004, 5:22 |
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Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:
> AJ> The symmetry-loving part of me thinks 'kx' should replace 'cx', to go
> better
> AJ> with 'gx'.
>
> Except that the palatalization of /k/ before front vowels has primarily
> happened where /k/ was spelled 'c', not where it was spelled 'k'.
> Using 'k̂' (or 'kx' or 'kh') for /tS)/ would be practically Maggelian. :)
But Esperanto uses 'c' for /ts/, not /k/, which, one assumes, is the unvoiceless
counterpart to /g/.
Andreas
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